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* EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF ■< GOD’S COUNTRY V '• ^ -4-^vv^w j&i E LXXXliyi > NO. 22 *v* /■ fZ'M st ad^&rs. , AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/' o * »? Jsy ; fa fettle gobd ^ the Die^l^j awk^i ,1 : reguj tPK iskint lllins ,t5r,!wn Jfj nigfr if B . •*» the poirii Si Worth: iorft; m®i Thompson. v| V Worthy Pal £e»i-v, *A sA nfJahan. 1 vp ■ of mac! Dunn. a. rovirj Associa sj Seer eta: Treasiji Cop’-* 2** Mills! A f tgM Marsl^H^ OrgaB Laurie Star jE! fSpnrS jje Jordan; TOrthe Martha, Miss DunpakjS B^O •a, Mrs. Beth Warder: Mxfr»J|» E." -i V-r Sentinel: R. * <• NEW MEMBER PRESENTED FRAMED COPY OF THE OBJECTS OF ROTARY A framed copy of the Objects of Rotary was presented to Ohlan R. Brooks, Jr., newest addition to the club, at last week’s meeting of the Blakely Rotary Club, held Friday at noon at the Early Hotel. / The presentation was made by Ro tarian Felix Barham, past president of the club and one of its charter members, who gave an interesting talk on the Rotary work. Rotarian Brooks responded with a ^■fepledge ^^E^tivities. to fill his place in the club’s HEH.Rotarians Marvin A Sparks and Ed * ncv g Ac impromptu talks, urging attendance on the part of the Ro tarians for the year ,1943. The meeting was presided over by President James B. Murdock, Jr., With the music in charge of Mrs. Ben Haisten, club pianist. Make the New-** P I I I Your Shopping Headquarters DRY GOODS - SHOES - CLOTHING READY-TO-WEAR New location in the building formerly ^ccupied by Mrs. D. M. Wade T. K. Weaver & Co. “ Blakely’s Only Complete Store” C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. (Earig Counts Jfetw / /A<AKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1943. l — ......... — . ▼ <’ BSpton. M jB a* mm '*■ Ml mm : ll«ill| ill! S§!«*» 4 _ II II * * Hill ■■ ,' I N.W.K.S. .... >. Hi Giraud, successor of ■pilain Sfejmiss.’o'Yier ft/m. Jean Darlan as high of North Africa, is ‘Ciw£e5ll above. Secretary of State Hull hailed the naming of General Giraud to the new post and said this would go far towards in suring the common victory, with the restoration of French liberty everywhere. EARL PICKLE NAMED COMMUNITY SERVICE MEMBER RATION BOARD ' To interpret the price control and rationing programs as they affect ev ery resident of Early inforpi|.t%n' county ^and to carry through an enab!$\tjiftj^t^ pro gram which will t Co operate with developm^'* -1- ^ S ***''' . program Earl F. 3] News staff, has been munity Service MemMSCfol®# .JiSc** ■ ly County War Price Board, it was announced th Mr. Pickle’s job as chiWiunity service member of the Wa^ Price an Rationing Board will to iVgi Early county residen to unite them in this * ^ the war effort. 1, 1 ^ As liason officer Price and Rationing Des 9 fice of Civilian ers and service c< ami will sive up-to-the-minute information about the activities of the Office of Price Administration. The first of a series of articles on the rationing program appears this on the editorial page of The News week. SUPERIOR COURT TO BE CONVENED i HERE MONDAY The January term of Early Supe rior Court will be convened next Monday morning, January 18, with Judge C. W. Worrill, of Cuthbert, | ■ judge of the Pataula ciricuit, presid ing, and Solicitor General R. A. Pat terson handling the procecution of criminal indictments returned by the grand jury. The civil docket of the court will be taken up Monday, upon the com- ■ pletion of which court will be re- i cessed until the f ollowing Monday, j when indictments returned by the grand jury are brought up for trial. The following have been summon ed for jury service at this January term of court: Grand Jurors W. C. Harris, T. S. Sawyer, N. M. Davis, W. L. Mosely, B. J. Turner, T. L. Dozier, T. H. Smith, Ralph B. Scarborough, James E. Houston, C. W. Bridges, R. H. Stuckey, J. O. Bridges, R. W. Woolf, R. 0. Waters, Sr., J. H. Hunt, W. R. McKinney, H. L. Martin, J. H. Moye, J. W. Taylor, John O. Newberry, W. M. Reeves, J. L. Bethea, Sr., B. D. Mitchell, H. G. Killebrew, B. M. Garrett, J. W. Strickland, Grady I. George, S. T. Dunning, P. W. Evans, E. A. DuBose, D. D. Knighton, B. D. Ingram, Alto Warrick, John W. Hall, J. E. Beck ham, J. G. Houston, C. W. Mosely, A.^D. Ivey, M. A. McDowell, R. L. verse Jurors—First Week Vjjiweemah in ix, W. C. Hall, Jordan, J. W. J. Walters, M. Jernigan, Hen ry k. .C. Ward, W. N. DuBose, L. O. TJineiy’Rex Reeves, Forest H. Wil- 1 s, C. E. Fincher, L. L. George, L Middleton, J. H. J. Waller, J. jnKenis, *-*\‘iike, Caz-y Sr., James Houston, S. Willoughby, R. D. Grist, *;6- iones, C. L. Tabb, H. D. El Whitehurst, J. M. Gar fe/FJz, George, C. P. Gay, Sr., J. J. R. Prince, W. T. Evans, Mathi s, Jack Paul, N. E. Ev k’ \ R. Stovall, S. W. Howell, Jr., wVlitcheU, W. C. Houston, John j^£IJpian, 9PR|ns, L. C. Jobie Houston, Temples, J. H. Duce, Fred William Byrd, C. J. Cox, Chazdes E. Houston, H. H. Reeves, I. H. Cleve land, J. W. Tedder, A. D. Smith, Sr., T. W. Reese, Curtis B. Smith, R. B. Smith, E. L. Durham, W. L. Rhodes, Floyd Tedder, Floyd Amos, Tom Gr;er, W. 0. Gilbert, G. L. Dykes, J. W. Nix, H. T. Billings. Traverse Jurors-Second Week Oscar Powell, R. C. Singletary, Sr., R. E. Mills, Sam George, V. L. Cannon, Alvin Day, J. L. Bethea, Jr., Gordon White, Jack Sammons, O. H. King, Jr., J. J. McLendon, M. W. Weaver, C. G. Brewer, H. J. Hudson, W. P. Smith, Curtis Dunning, Bar ney Wynne, H. M. Temples, J. O, Gimber, Frank Bridges, J. H. Mor gan, F. N. McNair, Gerald Single tary, W. H. Ivey, Julian A. Peavy, B. E. Houston, S. S. Timmons, G. O. Lindsey, E. C. Spence, H. B. Ains worth, D. L. Waller, W. K. George, O. L. Hooten, W. 0. Creel, W. T. Williams, R. D. Hodges, J. B. Still, Sr., G. W. Hooks, J. N. Hobby, D. L. Hayes, C. C. Black, Walter Gay, Chester Stokes, R. H. Jones, J. G. Craft, George Lewis, W. Hubert Gilbert, M. C. DeWolfe, C. H. Lanier, Marvin Belisle, W. C. Hay, Oscar Whitchard, John M. Knight, R. L. Jordan, D. W. Grimes, Sam Moody, Ho-ban Martin, B. L. McNair, T. T. Swann, J. 0. Oliver, Hal Clinkscale, G. M. Moulton, W. T. Mitchell, M. T. Howard, V. B. Mock, J. Wesley Hatcher. B. M. Lindsey, D. G. Lisen by, A. C. Chandler, A. G. Moulton,' J. W. Bowen, A. M. Moulton, Edwin Swann, Clarence Harper. *1 • a * (Each week in this of ace will be hose presented a is picture news.) * and word portrait someone w name •As important as the military strategy by I which we opened the African “second front” i I was the diplomatic strategy which insured its I success. Planned by Robert Murphy, coun selor of the American embassy at Vichy, it was carried out by Mark Wayne Clark who, sill 1 I for his secret trip to Algiers, was made the tmiM nation’s youngest (46) lieutenant general. 4 j 1 I •Handpicked (like Generals Patton, Freden $ dall and Ryder), General Clark was chosen i/TrX 1 by General Dwight D. Eisenhower as his sec ond in command in the African theater of war, where co-ordination is probably the most im portant military factor. m •The long, lean West Pointer is a stem dis I ciplinarian, a veteran of World War I. Com M I missioned a second lieutenant of infantry in April, 1917, he served in the infantry until wounded, then finished the war in the service of supply. Promoted through grades to colonel in 1940, he held the rank of major general at the time of his promotion to lieutenant gen eral. General Clark S. G. MADDOX TAKES OFFICE AS MAYOR OF CITY S. G. Maddox, prominent local business.man, took the oath of office ag M of B]ake i y at the January session of the City Council held Monday night, postponed from Tues day night of last week. The oath was administered by City Clerk C. C. Lane. Mr. Maddox succeeds R. C. Single tary, who completed a two-year term as Mayor with the end of the year 1942. The chief business before Council Tuesday night was the election of city officials for the current year. Three changes were made in the gov erning body, C. J. Waller being elected fire chief to succeed Cecil George, Mack Strickland was named chief of police (filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. R. Puckett), and A. H. Gray was chosen city attorney to succeed W. L. Stone. The complete slate for the current year is: City Clerk: C. C. Lane. Supt. Water,-Light, Ice and Cold Storage Plant, and Streets: A. R. Killebrew. Manager Ice and Cold Storage: W. M. Barksdale. Fire Chief: C. J. Waller; assistant fire chief, Emmett Peterson. Chief of Police: Mack Strickland. Assistant: J. L. McArthur. Marshal: Ollin Goocher. City Attorney: A. H. Gray. Cemetery Caretaker: J. J. McLen don. The meeting Monday night was opened by Mr. Singletary, who retired after his successor had been sworn in. Mr. Singletary, who had completed a two-year term as Mayor, had prior to his election as Mayor served on the Council for more than a score of years, a record of service unparalleled in Blakely’s political history,»and a record of which both he and his friends are justly proud. His successor, Mr. Maddox, had also served as Council men for several years and carried in to office with him a thorough knowl edge of the city’s problems. His friends predict that he, like his pred ecessor, will give the city a progress ive administration. The new administration will nat urally be restricted in the matter of improvements, due to the war, the new Mayor stated, but will try to maintain streets and other city property in first-class condition. The operation of the city’s affairs will be done as economically as pos sible. Mr. Maddox added. Residents of the city who have either com plaints or suggestions to make are invited to do so, either through writ ing or .by personal appearance be fore Council on its regular meeting dates. Mayo-r Maddox announced the fol lowing Council committees for the year: Finance: C. E. Boyett, L. B. Fryer. Street: C. R. Barksdale, C. E. Boyett. Sanitary: Oscar Whitchard, C. R. Barksdale. Cemetery: L. B. Fryer, C. R. $1.50 A YEAR «. ‘Abandon Ship’ ■ : I ■ i | •v I. m m m m : V m m i m m 1 m m £ % I The merchant marine cadet basic school at San Mateo, Calif., teaches methods of abandoning ship. Cadets are placed in groups inside a frame replica of ship’s quarters, built on the deck. At the word “abandon ship” they must go through every detail, then right, climb aboard and bail out a lifeboat. Photo shows timing to see how long it takes to put on rubber jackets. F. D. PATRONS URGED TO AFFIX STAMPS TO THEIR MAIL j The rural letter carriers of the postoffice this week called upon their patrons for their full coopera tion in handling th'e mail under diffi culties imposed by the war. The trains are running late, and the carriers very often leave the of some time behind their schedule, which delays their return. When they do not reach the postoffice in time, postal employees are forced to remain in the office extra hours, and for this extra time, the government must pay overtime salaries, an added expense to the people. Patrons on the routes are asked to affix postage to their mail when ever possible, thus saving the car rier the time necessary to do this. Much time can be saved the carrier by this cooperation on the part of the patrons. Carriers will endeavor to have a full supply of stamps with them with which to supply the pa trons. WEEK END BRINGS FROSTS AND FREEZES The weather man gave Blakely and vicinity two extra heavy killing frosts on Sunday and Monday morn ings that looked like young snows. According to the local weather bu reau, the minimum temperature Sun day morning was 30 degrees, while on Monday morning it dropped to 27. C. R. Barksdale. Water and Lights: Oscar Whitch ard, L. B. Fryer. Fire: C. E. Boyett, Oscar Whiteh ard. The new year brought no changes in the personnel of Council, which is composed of Charles E. Boyett and Oscar Whitchard, whose term of office expires at the end of 1943, and C. R. Barksdale and L. B. Fryer, who began a new two-year tergz end ing on December 31, 1944. J. M. BRYANT, .WELL KNOWN CITIZEN, PASSES Following an illness of long dura Mr. James M. Bryant, 72, died Sunday afternoon at 6:2ft o’clock in a Dothan hospital, where he had been carried a week previous when his condition became serious. Mr. Bryant was a native of Early county, where he was horn in Aug ust, 1870. His entire life had been spent here, where he had engaged in farming and other business opera tions for many years. He was also at one time a member of the city police force. Widely known and highly respect ed, Mr. Bryant’s death has saddened hearts of many friends. He was member of the 1 Blakely Baptist a church and of Magnolia Lodge No. 86 F. & A. M. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at 3 :30 o’clock at the Minter Funeral Home on River street, with the Revs. S. B. King and W. F. Burford officiating. After the services there, the body was interred in the city cemetery, these rites be ing impressively conducted by mem bers of Magnolia Lodge. Serving as pall-bearers were Millard Arnold, E. Cheek, Oscar Whitchard, Carl Tolar, Earl Pickle, and Woodrow Houston. Surviving Mr. Bryant are three sons, Lieut. James M. Bryant, Jr., of Cristobal, Canal £one, Lieut, (jg) Wilbur Bryant, chaplain in the U. S. Navy, Jacksonville, Fla., and Ray mond Bryant of Blakely; two broth ers, W. 0. Bryant of Blakely and Bob Bryant of Pensacola, Fla., and a number of nephews and nieces. 1 LOCAL HOSIERY MILL GETS CONTRACT FOR 125,00 PAIRS ARMY SOCKS The Georgia iery Mills, local enterpiY^'^hap , been awarded make a contract by the government to 125,000 pairs of army socks, the delivery to be made by June 30, it was announced Tuesday by J. M. Middleton. At present the plant is working on a navy contract which will be com pleted within sixty days, Mr. Mid dleton said. The plant was inspected and ap proved Monday by an inspector for the War Department. BLAKELY COUPLE HAS 11 GRANDCHILDREN IN SERVICE OF COUNTRY Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Mosely, be loved Blakgly cople, have a very keen interest in the war effort, and justly so. For they have eleven grandsons now bearing arms for Uncle Sam. Of this number, 10 are grandsons and one a great-grandson. 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